Executing php scripts under a nginx configuration - php

Question

I have the following nginx server block in its configuration
server {
listen 80;
server_name mydomain.com;
location /deploy {
alias /home/somedir/deploy/;
}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
I want to execute a php file at the url mydomain.com/deploy/erp/index.php or mydomain.com/deploy/erp
The above thing downloads the php file instead of executing it. I googled and found solutions that asks you to define a www directory or something. I just need to execute the file in a specific directory at specific url. What are my options?

Answer 1

You haven't told nginx what to do with .php files. Assuming you're using php-fpm, you'll need something like this:
server {
listen 80;
server_name mydomain.com;
root /home/somedir;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /deploy {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}